Reply to "Cutting Lionel American Flyer FasTrack to custom lengths"

Tom StoltzOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

@Bob G (WNY) posted:
Mounting all track on at least a one-inch-thick layer of extruded-foam insulation board [resting on an open-grid benchwork] would certainly help damp out any residual noise.

Bob, I believe extruded Styrofoam has about the same sound deadening qualities as plywood -- meaning it is terrible. Expanded Styrofoam would be much better with Homasote 440 being around the best. Somewhere on this forum is a lengthy experiment with different kinds of roadbed and noise. I have also read on this forum, at least for 0 gauge, FasTrack is much noisier that SHS/MTH S-Trax.

I have no trouble cutting S-Trax and like Brio wooden track, all these systems are much more forgiving than a CAD program would have you think. +/- an inch is usually close enough.

Good luck and have fun,

Tom Stoltz

in Maine

3/5/212:00 PM

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